ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Michaela Hutchison became the first girl in the nation to win a state high school wrestling title while competing against boys.Hutchison won the final of the 103-pound weight class during Alaska’s big school wrestling championships. The Skyview High sophomore entered the state tournament ranked No. 1 in her weight class.Amid chants of ‘C’mon Michaela’ and ‘Girl Power,’ Hutchison earned a 1-0 victory Saturday over Colony High School’s Aaron Boss.She scored an escape with 16 seconds left to beat Boss for the second time in as many weeks. Family and friends mobbed Hutchison as she walked away from the mat with a bloody nose, while the crowd rose in a standing ovation.’They were helping me,’ Hutchison told the Anchorage Daily News.She finished the season with a 45-4 record that included 33 pins, one shy of the state single-season record. Hutchison is the third in her family of 10 children to win a state title, joining brothers Zeb and Eli.Hutchison has dreamed about beating the boys ever since she started working out at Skyview High as a seventh grader. She came close last year, losing in the 103-pound final.Other boys who have wrestled against her said it wasn’t a big deal to lose to a girl who is extremely talented and tough. Kodiak’s Tucker VanMatre said Hutchinson pinned him in 47 seconds at the region championships two weeks ago.’It was quick,’ VanMatre said. ‘She got me in an arm bar and turned me [over].”I expected it. She’s good,’ VanMatre added.Read the rest of the article at CNN / SI.COMhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/02/06/girl.wrestling.champ.ap…
